Yellow Pine Lumber Prices Decline Relative to Other Goods
Kansas City January 26 The witness Charles S Keith testifies in the ouster suit against 26 lumber companies that yellow pine lumber has not risen faster than many farm and other commodities over the past decade. He notes competition from concrete and other building materials limits lumber pricing and that the Yellow Pine Manufacturers association promotes new uses to benefit consumers.
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Kansas City
Charles S Keith
Keith
Yellow Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Atkinson
Colorado
California
Eight Hurt In Wreck At Chicago Crossing
Eight prisoners sustained injuries when a North Avenue streetcar collided with a switch engine at the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul crossing early today. Traction officials say the tower man failed to lower the gates, with one possible fatality feared.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Traction
Margin sheets cited as key link in Chicago packers trial
A Chicago federal court allowed the government to introduce thirty five original margin sheets of the National Packing company for the first eight months of 1910. The defense argued the papers are immaterial and should be excluded but the court ruled them admissible as potential evidence of Sherman law violations.
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Chicago
United States
Pierce Butler
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pedro Montero
Montero
Flavio Alfire
Quito
Leonidas Plaza
Plaza
Montiero
Eloy Alfaro
Paez
Boy Stowed in Train Tank Two Hours From Florida
William Barrow a two year old was found clinging inside the water tank of a Pennsylvania train’s tender near Harrison New Jersey after riding for about a mile at speed from Philadelphia He had traveled from Florida in difficult stages and was rescued and hospitalized due to severe cold and injuries detailing prior arrests for similar rides and work on the Florida East Coast railway extension.
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New York
William Barrow
Harrison
N. J
Barrow
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Manhattan
Philadelphia
Florida
Florida East
Manhattan Transfer
Judge Overrules Objection Reads Disputed Documents to Jury
In court Judge Carpenter overruled the objection and allowed Attorney Butler to read the disputed documents to the jury, as Blair’s statement reflected the government’s view. The proceeding continued with examination and argument surrounding the contested materials.
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Blair
Carpenter
Butler
Prospects for Peace in Italy Turkey Remain Uncertain
Rome reports no basis for negotiations between Italy and Turkey with any chance of success. European chancelleries have worked actively in Constantinople and Rome, but Turkey maintains that Italy must make confession and offer redress for spoliation before any peace process can proceed.
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Rome
Italy
Turkey
Constantinople
Editors Dwe on Candidats Not Endorsing Either Side
Kansas City Mo Jan 26 Republican Editorial association of Missouri opens a two day session with reports heard and committees named. Neither Taft nor Roosevelt forces to endorse. Evalyn Myrtle Morrow dies at home of pleural pneumonia at age six. Surviving siblings William Russell Marion. Funeral Sunday 2:30 pm at home with Rev R E Grayae conducting. burial Fairview cemetery.
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Kansas City
Republican Editorial Association of Missouri
Taft
Roosevelt
Evalyn Myrtle
B. L. Morrow
Fourth Street
Little Myrtle
Emerson School
D. W. Bovee
William
Russell
Marion
R. E. Grayesa
Fairview Cemetery
Fractured leg leads to farmer Geo Ford's death
In Marshalltown Iowa on January 25 Geo Ford a well known farmer died after a log from a load of woad slipped from a bobsled fracturing his left leg. Marrow from the fracture entered the bloodstream forming a brain clot in the days after the accident.
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Marshalltown
Geo. Ford
Clemens
Ford
Reichstag Life May Be Short
Berlin January 26 estimates say the new parliament will have a short existence as unstable majorities depend on shifting defections and deaths. A 110 member socialist bloc threatens government viability while the previously governing conservative clerical coalition is broken, leaving uncertain support across Polish Alsatian and other conservative elements.
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Berlin
Center Party
Alsatiams
Guelphs
Davenport Scientist Presents Peruvian Antiquities to Academy
Dr. C G A Ficke, back from South America, donated a 400 item collection of Peruvian artifacts to the Davenport Academy of Science Museum. The pieces include pottery cloths and ornaments from before the Inca conquest, rivaling museums in Lima and Berlin. Dr. Max Uhle aided the presentation as director of the National Museum in Lima.
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Davenport
CG. A. Ficke
South America
Davenport Academy of Science Museum
Berlin
Tr. Fieke
Max Uhle
National Museum
dAma
Pizarro
Freight train wreck halts traffic north of Ackley
Marshalltown Jan 24. Railroad traffic on this division of the Minneapolis and St Louis was at a standstill today after a northbound freight train derailed passing a 200 foot bridge one mile north of Ackley. Fourteen freight cars plunged with the bridge into the gully but no injuries reported.
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Marshalltown
Minneapolis & St. Lows
Ackley
Tom Fire Horse Goes Aerial Tour Of Peverill Building
Tom, a crate used on the aerial tire track at station No. 1, broke loose this morning and climbed to the second story of the Peverill building on Wafay ette street. He inspected upstairs rooms before being recaptured and returned to the street. the stairs were slightly damaged and worry arose he might injure a leg in descent.
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Tom
Station No. 1
Peverill
Wafayette Street
Knox Discloses Junket Expenses and Vouchers
Washington reports a House committee investigation into State Department junket spending led by O. P. Hamlin. Vouchers show $29,000 directed to Lake Champlain celebrations used for wine, cigars, and transport. costs include $2,191 for French ambassador travel, $898 for British embassy attendance, and $3,359 in hotel expenses.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On
State Department
O. Pp. Hamlin
Missouri
Knox
Secretary of State
New York
Vermont
Lake Champlain
Washington
Root
Hotel Champlain
Iowa Boy Sets Acreage Corn Record At Ames Contest
Chinkerton Iowa Jan 26. Lester of Lester township grew 99.97 bushels of corn per acre in the boys acre contest under the State Agricultural College Ames. He won a free Washington trip for himself and his mother with expenses paid by the William Galloway Co Waterloo. The event proves high yields possible with proper seed and cultivation. Neighbors nickname him The Corn Sting.
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Lester Township
Washington
Wallace
Lester
State Agricultural College
Ames
Tester Pinch
William Galloway Co
Waterloo
Roosevelt 15 Heavy Favorite in Scott County Straw Vote
Eldridge Iowa January 26 Roosevelt led the Republican straw poll at Jo.liexs session of the Scott County farmers institute with 77 votes. Cummins had 10, La Joliette 6, Tart and Root 1. Champ Clark topped the Democratic tally with 13, Harmon 8, Wilson 4.
Delegates Urge Borah Bill For Child Labor Board
Delegates at the conference on child labor rush through resolutions urging Congress to enact Senator Borah's bill creating a children's board under the Commerce and Labor Department. Dr Samuel Methine Lindsay left for Washington to present the memorial. BIG ROBBERY REPORTED. Vancouver reports the Main Street branch of the Horal bank robbed of 30090.
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Louisville
Conference On Child Labor
Hrere
Congress
Senator Borah
Department of Commerce and Labor
Samuel Methine Tindsay
Washington
Vancouver
B. C
Main Street
Horal Bank
Temperature Report For January Twenty Sixth
The record notes a minimum temperature of 35 degrees and a maximum of 44 degrees for the day. The annotations indicate measurements taken with Buchanan Optical Co. syndicate markings and reference to nighttime readings and a one year period.
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Buchanan Optical Co. Syndicate Block
Moon Law Battle Tests Davenport Charters
Davenport January 26 The state of Iowa argues the Moon law applies to Davenport special charter cities in a test case against Hugh Corrigan. Local breweries Flock Island and Davenport Brewing Co back Corrigan as defense, with Henry Vollmer Henry Thuen and Isaac Petersberger leading for the defense. Special counsel N J Lee represents the state with H B Betty assisting. Defenders claim the Moon law omits special charter city application.
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Davenport
Willam Theophilus
State of
Towa
Hugh Cirigan
Leewerles
Flock Island Brewery
Corrigan
Henry Vollmer
Henry Thueen
Isaac Petersberger
N. J. Lee
Cosson
Oif
H. B. Betty
Davenpor
Civic Federals
Fred Vollmer
Governors Join Roosevelt National Committee Effort
Four governors including Stubbs of Kansas Hadley of Missouri Borm of Michigan and former New Jersey governor joined the Roosevelt national committee announcing their willingness to participate. The batch entered committee headquarters in Chicago and pledged support.
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Chicago
Stub
Kansas
Hadley
Missouri
Borm
Michigan
New Jersey
Roosevelt National Committee
Stubbs
Death of Des Moines Business Leader Before Westward Trip
George IXing a prominent Des Moines businessman died of pneumonia on January 26 before he and his family could depart for the West. He had bought tickets the week prior to the planned journey and was 66 years old.
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Des Moines
Family
George Ikxing
Bo Ness
Arguments for a Directed Verdict In Railway Case
In another part of the paper today a statement that a motion was argued for a directed verdict in the case of Myers versus the C G W railway. The arguments were not on a directed motion but as to the admissibility of certain evidence that affected one part of the case.
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Myers
C. G. W. Railway
Child Saved from Falls by Swooping Aeroplane
Dora Pease, seven, was carried by river ice toward Enfield Falls when aviator Charles Jenkins swooped from the Suffold hills. He reached the child as she clung to a screen and shipped her to safety on the riverbank.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Dora Pease
Connecticut River
Chiid
Enfield
Jenkins
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Trip
MOB Beneads
HEAD
General Montero
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Chinkerton, Ta
Herewich
Bae
Lester Funch
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Child Labor Bureau
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